Improvement in feed-bags



.T.& J; HAWKES.

Feed-Bags.

Patented septa. 1878.

vnmon: fijjwiw BY v WITNESSES V ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS PHOTO LITHOGRAPHE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY HAVVKES, OF JERSEY CITY, AND JOHN HAWKES, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEWJERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FEED-BAGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,658, datedSeptember 3, 1878; application filed June 29, 1878.

To all whom it m ay concern:

Be it known that we, TIMOTHY HAWKES, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, and JOHN HAWKEs, of New Brunswick, inthe county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Self Adjusting Feed-Bags, of which the followingis a specification Figure l is a vertical section of our improvedfeed-bag. Fig. 2 is atop view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved feed-bag forhorses, which shall be so constructed that the top of the grain willalways be in the proper position for the horse to eat conveniently,whether the bag be full, half-full, or nearly empty, and which shall besimple in construction and convenient in use.

The invention consists in at'eed-bag provided with a spiral springplaced within it, and havin g its upper edge attached tothe top coil ofthe said spring, and having the ends of the supporting-straps attachedto the lowest coil of the said spring, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the wooden bottom of the feed-bag, to the edge of which is attachedthe lower edge of the canvas B, that forms the body of the feed-bag. Thebottom A is lined upon the illside with sheet metal 0, and has a holeformed through its center to admit air, which air passes in throughanumber of small holes formed through the middle part of the sheet metallining O.

D is a spiral spring of such a size as to fit into the body B of thefeedbag. The lower coil of the spring D rests upon the bottom A U, andto its upper coil is attached the upper edge of the canvas B.

E are the straps by which the bag is secured to the horses head. Thestraps E pass in through the canvas B just below the upper coil of thespiral spring D, pass down along the inner surface of the opposite sidesof the said canvas, and their lower ends are attached to the lower coilof the said spiral spring I), as shown in Fig. l. I

With this construction when feed is placed in the feed-bag, the spiralspring D is drawn upward and its lowest coil is allowed to rest upon thetop of the feed, and the straps E are so adjusted that the lowest coilof the spring D, to which the ends of the said straps E are attached,and which rests upon the top of the feed, may be in proper position forthe horse to eat from the top of the feed. As the feed is eaten theupper edge of the feed-bag is continually raised by the elasticity ofthe spring D; but the top of the feed will always be in proper positionfor the animal to conveniently eat.

With this construction, the feed will. not be forced into the horsesnose when the bag is full and will not be out of his reach before it isall eaten.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- A feed-bag, B A 0, provided with a spiralspring, D, placed within it, and having its upper edge attached to thetop coil of the said spring D, and having the ends of the supporting-straps E attached to the lowest coil of the said spring,substantiallyas herein shown and described.

TIMOTHY HAWKES. JOHN HAXVKES. Vitnesses for Timothy Hawkes:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, (J. SEDGWICK. WVitnesses for John Hawkes CHARLES P.F0111), JOHN I. DEHART.

